Endangered Poison Frogs Trafficked in Bogota Airport

Brazilian Woman Arrested with Frogs Worth $130,000 in Luggage

A Brazilian woman was arrested at Bogota airport for trafficking 130 endangered harlequin poison frogs, also known as poison-dart frogs.
The frogs were found inside film containers in her luggage as she was traveling to Sao Paulo with a stopover in Panama.
The woman claimed that a local community in southern Colombia had gifted her the frogs.
Each frog can fetch up to $1,000 in the international market, making the total haul worth about $130,000.
Animal trafficking, especially of amphibians, small mammals and marine animal parts, is common in Colombia, one of the most biodiverse countries in the world.